Coppersmith’s shop founded Manufacture and sale of individual household items
A small ironmonger’s shop grows into a wholesale ironmongery business (particularly for agricultural implements made of iron)
Own development and manufacture of agricultural machinery (harrows, ploughs, cultivators)
First contacts with automotive industry. Supplier to this industry since then.
Winner of “Ford Q1 Award” 1992 “Mühlhoff & Schulze GmbH” (company) set up, certified as conforming to EN ISO 9001/2000 quality management norm
Takeover of “Gütersloher Werkzeugbau GmbH”, (Gütersloh Toolmaking Company), certified as conforming to EN ISO 9001/2000 quality management norm
Certified as conforming to ISO/TS16949:2002 und EN ISO 14001:1996 environmental and quality management norms
New press shop opened 2005 New logistics workshop opened
New ERP system introduced and systematic modernisation of production
Fully automatic assembly line for a range of drive plates
Reorganisation and Extension of Toolshop Exention of the production area
Implementation of Lean-Management and Six Sigma
Exention of the logistic area
Exention of the press shop 2
VQE-award